Tony Gallagher sold his Warwick-based strategic land business - Gallagher Estates - for £525 million early in 2017. The business - one of the largest of its kind in the UK - was acquired by a London housing association.

Gallagher Estates controls plots of land with potential for 42,500 homes, mainly in the south Midlands and south of England. It was bought by London and Quadrant Housing Trust, and will continue to be run by its management team as a standalone business.

Tony Gallagher, 66, plans to use the cash generated by the sale to build up a valuable private rented sector operation in London and other UK cities.

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The sale did not include Tony Gallagher's retail and property investment and development business - Gallagher Developments which continues to acquire and develop prime commercial land.

Gallagher Developments is expanding the Gallagher Retail Park near Junction 9 of the M6 at Wednesbury. The major expansion is bringing big brands such as Marks & Spencer, Currys, Costa Coffee and Nandos onto the park

Tony Gallagher has spent more than three decades accumulating land and property assets ranging from retail parks, housing plots and industrial sites. The result is a vast land bank under development throughout the UK, as well as a large retail park investment portfolio.

These, combined with substantial cash resources and no borrowings, saw Tony Gallagher and his Warwick-based company get through the downturn in better shape than many in the development business. He has a retail park portfolio of more than three million sq ft spread across sites in England, Scotland and Wales.

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Gallagher Estates and Gallagher Developments have been involved in schemes across the UK and the company has worked with more than 50 local authorities on development and regeneration projects. The company describes itself as a “master developer” and a “place maker”, assembling land and building new communities in a sustainable way. Retail development is one of the company’s strategic priorities.

A flagship development from Gallagher Developments is the Warwick Gates Business Park which offers business properties and offices of all sizes, complete with lake and tree-lined boulevards.

Gallagher continues to be one of the most successful privately-owned commercial property development and investment companies in the UK. Tony Gallagher is owner and chairman. In 2015 he gave more than half a million pounds to the Conservative party and is extremely well-connected, hosting David Cameron's 50th birthday celebrations at his Oxfordshire mansion in 2016.